JFK intern recounts long-ago affair in new book

35: John F. Kennedy. Served 1961 to 1963.

February 13, 2012 5:44:23 AM PST

by KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press

NEW YORK - February 13, 2012 --

Mimi Alford was terrified in 1998 when the Monica Lewinsky scandal turned the word "intern" into a dirty joke, exposing an affair with a president. Her decades-old secret about her trysts with John F. Kennedy was still safe then.